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Deputy Secretary (North), Ministry of External Affairs, dealing with Nepal and Bhutan.
1983-86
First Secretary (Disarmament), Permanent Mission of India, Geneva and Alternate Representative of India to UN Conference on Disarmament.
1986-89
Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India, Algiers
1989-91
Director (United Nations Division) and Disarmament Head, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi
1991-94
Joint Secretary (South & Disarmament), Ministry of External Affairs in-charge of India's relations with ASEAN, Indo-China and South Pacific.
1994-2000
Seconded to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna for the post of senior professional in External Relations & Policy Coordination Division, for a job as international civil servant.
Sept.2000 - July 2003
Returned to MEA in India as Joint Secretary (Disarmament & International Security Affairs), covering all disarmament issues, bilateral security dialogues and dialogues on nuclear non-proliferation, export controls and defence Cooperation, security forums such as ARF, CICA, UNSC and other ad hoc groupings on security issues such as Pugwash.
July 2003 - July 2004
Additional Secretary (International Organisations), Ministry of External Affairs with previous charge expanded to include other international organisations.
28 July 2004 - February 2008
Ambassador of India to Austria and Permanent Representative of India to all international organisations in Vienna.
1 March 2008 - 28 February 2011
Secretary General of SAARC.
Publicationsedit
Research articles co-authored in Physical Review-D (1971), Physical Review Letters (1972) Articles in newspapers and periodicals (Times of India, Mainstream and Sunday) during 1981-82 on nuclear disarmament issues As Member of the UN Study Group on Verification (1989–91) co-authored the UN Report on Verification in 1991 As Member of the UN Study Group on Defensive Security Concepts (1991–93), co-authored the UN Report on Defensive Security Concepts Wrote a UNIDIR Monograph on Verification of Fissile Materials Cut-Off and Non-use of Nuclear Weapons (1992) Article in the IAEA Bulletin - 1995 Paper presented at the Pugwash Conference on Energy in Malta (1995) Co-authored UN panel's report on missile in all their aspects in 2002
Conferences attended as representative of India/delegate: Non-Aligned Summit, New Delhi (1983) Kuala Lumpur (2003), Annual Six Nation Summits on Nuclear Disarmament (1985–89) Conference on Disarmament (1983–86) United Nations General Assembly (1983–86, 2000-2003) U.N. Disarmament Commission (1984–86, 2001) UN Conference Rio+5 (1997) IAEA General Conference (1994–99) and since 2004 International Conferences on Nuclear and Energy Issues (1994–99) ARF Ministerial Meetings (2000–04)
sheel, kant, sharma, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, uncl. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations November 2018 Learn how and when to remove this message This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia s quality standards You can help The talk page may contain suggestions April 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message Sheel Kant Sharma was the ninth Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SAARC serving from 2008 to 2011 He is an expert on energy and was formerly Indian envoy to Austria Academic background editMaster of Science Nuclear Physics from Indian Institute of Technology IIT Mumbai 1971 Ph D High Energy Physics from Indian Institute of Technology IIT Mumbai 1974 This section is in list format but may read better as prose You can help by converting this section if appropriate Editing help is available January 2017 Professional Background July 1973 Joined Indian Foreign Service 1976 77 Served as Third Secretary Second Secretary in Kuwait Saudi Arabia 1978 81 Under Secretary in the Middle East desk Ministry of External Affairs covering at various stages countries from Iran Iraq to North Africa 1981 82 Fellow in the Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses IDSA N Delhi 1982 83 Deputy Secretary North Ministry of External Affairs dealing with Nepal and Bhutan 1983 86 First Secretary Disarmament Permanent Mission of India Geneva and Alternate Representative of India to UN Conference on Disarmament 1986 89 Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission Embassy of India Algiers 1989 91 Director United Nations Division and Disarmament Head Ministry of External Affairs New Delhi 1991 94 Joint Secretary South amp Disarmament Ministry of External Affairs in charge of India s relations with ASEAN Indo China and South Pacific 1994 2000 Seconded to the International Atomic Energy Agency Vienna for the post of senior professional in External Relations amp Policy Coordination Division for a job as international civil servant Sept 2000 July 2003 Returned to MEA in India as Joint Secretary Disarmament amp International Security Affairs covering all disarmament issues bilateral security dialogues and dialogues on nuclear non proliferation export controls and defence Cooperation security forums such as ARF CICA UNSC and other ad hoc groupings on security issues such as Pugwash July 2003 July 2004 Additional Secretary International Organisations Ministry of External Affairs with previous charge expanded to include other international organisations 28 July 2004 February 2008 Ambassador of India to Austria and Permanent Representative of India to all international organisations in Vienna 1 March 2008 28 February 2011 Secretary General of SAARC Publications editResearch articles co authored in Physical Review D 1971 Physical Review Letters 1972 Articles in newspapers and periodicals Times of India Mainstream and Sunday during 1981 82 on nuclear disarmament issues As Member of the UN Study Group on Verification 1989 91 co authored the UN Report on Verification in 1991 As Member of the UN Study Group on Defensive Security Concepts 1991 93 co authored the UN Report on Defensive Security Concepts Wrote a UNIDIR Monograph on Verification of Fissile Materials Cut Off and Non use of Nuclear Weapons 1992 Article in the IAEA Bulletin 1995 Paper presented at the Pugwash Conference on Energy in Malta 1995 Co authored UN panel s report on missile in all their aspects in 2002Conferences attended as representative of India delegate Non Aligned Summit New Delhi 1983 Kuala Lumpur 2003 Annual Six Nation Summits on Nuclear Disarmament 1985 89 Conference on Disarmament 1983 86 United Nations General Assembly 1983 86 2000 2003 U N Disarmament Commission 1984 86 2001 UN Conference Rio 5 1997 IAEA General Conference 1994 99 and since 2004 International Conferences on Nuclear and Energy Issues 1994 99 ARF Ministerial Meetings 2000 04 Languages French and ArabicReferences editFormer Indian envoy Sheel kant Sharma takes over as new SAARC chief TopNews 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sheel Kant Sharma amp oldid 1134100500, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
